Role of capsule inKlebsiella pneumoniaevirulence: lack of correlation between in vitro and in vivo studies
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- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 218 (1) , 149-154
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2003.tb11511.x
Abstract
In vitro and in vivo models were used to investigate the role of capsule on the virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae. We showed that capsule expressionKeywords
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